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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | BUSINESS CONNEXION | CORPORATE PROFILE

I S A A C M O P H AT L A N E

COMPANY VISION & MISSION Business Connexion (BCX)’s mission is to enrich communities by making the impossible possible,

through technology. The BCX corporate social responsibility programme strives to empower young people to be able to change their lives as well as those of their communities through information

and communication technologies (ICTs). At BCX we see our responsibility towards the communities where we operate as a business imperative and this forms part of our overall sustainability and transformation strategy.

C O N TA C T I N F O R M AT I O N CEO: Isaac Mophatlane

Deputy CEO: Vanessa Olver

WHAT WE DO

Chief Operations Officer: Jane Canny

BCX is one of the largest information and communications technology (ICT) services providers listed on the JSE when measured in terms of turnover, total assets, and staff complement.

As the largest ICT outsourcer, BCX holds a strong position in the enterprise market across key

industry verticals and enjoys a substantial presence in the retail sector locally. On the continent,

BCX has successfully delivered large scale projects and is one of the leading cloud-based service providers with significant data centre assets.

Chief Financial Officer: Lawrence Weitzman Physical address:

789 Business Park, 16th Road Randjespark Midrand, 1685

Postal address:

Private Bag X48, Halfway House, 1685 Telephone: 011 266 6630 Fax: 086 571 4020

Website: www.bcx.co.za

Email address: johan.dekoker@bcx.co.za

COMPANY INFORMATION STATISTICS/ DEMOGRAPHICS/ HISTORY Year founded: 1979

Founding members: The late Benjamin Mophatlane and Isaac Mophatlane Employees: 6 800

Branches: South Africa, Namibia, Nigeria, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Kenya, Botswana, United Kingdom and Dubai BUSINESS & FINANCE Turnover: R6.2 billion

Operating profit: R322.6 million Net profit: R233 million

Financial year-end: 31 August

Approximate market share: 14.2%

Subsidiaries: Integr8 IT, UCS Solutions, CEB

Maintenance, UCS Technology Services, BCX Tanzania, BCX Zambia, BCX Kenya, BCX

Namibia, BCX ICT Services Limited, Business Connexion Limited, Ultimate Solutions

(Botswana), Quad Automation, Nanoteq, Canoa Group Holdings

Holding company: Business Connexion Group Limited

Bank: Absa Bank Ltd, Standrad Bank, RMB, Nedbank

Accountants: KPMG Inc JSE listing and date:

ISIN ZAE000054631, 2004

CONTRACTS & AWARDS

• The New Road Data 2 (ND2) received Tier IV certification (Uptime Institute, February 2014)

• PMR.africa awards Business Connexion

E M P O W E R M E N T S TAT U S

BLACK EMPOWERMENT LEVEL Black shareholding (%)

25.1 - 50%

Black executive directors/snr management

5 - 25%

25.1 - 50%

Empowerment total

Namibia a Golden Arrow Award at the

GENDER EMPOWERMENT LEVEL

Awards (February 2014)

Female shareholding (%)

5 - 25%

Black executive directors/snr management

5 - 25%

Female total

5 - 25%

Country Survey Leaders and Achievers

• The IDC recognises Business Connexion

as the top IT company in South Africa with a 14.2% increase in market share (IDC

Competitive Profiles and Analysis of Leading IT Service Players in South Africa 2013)

• Business Connexion is South Africa’s leading IT services provider, according to

BEE SCORECARD Overall BEE Status

Level 2

Procurement Level

125%

International Data Corporation (IDC),

BROAD-BASED BEE WEIGHING POINTS LEVEL IN RESPECT OF:

IT Services Players in South Africa

Equity Ownership

18.37

Management Control

9.06

Employment Equity

0.93

Skills Development

11

Preferential Procurement

22.81

Enterprise Development

11

(Competitive Profiles and Analysis of Leading Report 2013).

• UCS Solutions is the first South African

company to be awarded the SAP Recognised Expertise in Retail certification (2014).

• We were certified Cisco Gold Partner and

Cisco Cloud and Managed Services Master

Partner in South Africa (Cisco, January 2014) Recent major contracts:

• South African Airways Outsource contract March 2014

Socio-Economic Development

12

Total

85.17

Business Connexion is a value Adding Company Black ownership: 32.49% Black Women Ownership: 4.07% Rating date: 24/01/2014

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